Clinical Evaluation: During the physical examination, the healthcare provider will examine your throat, mouth, and neck for any signs of abnormalities, including lumps, masses, or enlarged lymph nodes
The effects of smoking on your oral health goes beyond yellowing of your smile
See also: Decreased Cardiac Output & Cardiac Support Nursing Care Plan and Management Assessing cardiovascular tissue perfusion Assess for signs of decreased tissue perfusion
Its rare that I see something new, but that happened this week with two new papers (which are at least partly related, as they both list clinical epidemiologist Danbee Kang at Sungkyunkwan University as an author) The two papers are similar: both analyzed data from a national health insurance dataset in Korea, focused on patients who smoked cigarettes and had a certain diagnosis at baseline, then looked at whether relevant health outcomes at ~5 years differed based on whether they continued smoking, switched to e-cigarettes, or quit nicotine entirely at ~1 year after baseline
